Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Murphy James Foster (1849-1921) — also known asMurphy J. Foster — of Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.Born in Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.,January12, 1849.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate senate, 1879;Governor ofLouisiana, 1892-1900;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Louisiana,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1915-19.DiedJune 12,1921 (age72 years, 151days).Interment atFranklinCemetery, Franklin, La. | | Jared Young Sanders (1869-1944) — also known asJared Y. Sanders — of Hammond,TangipahoaParish, La.Born near Morgan City,St. MaryParish, La.,January29, 1869.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1892-1904;Speaker ofthe Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1900;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921;LieutenantGovernor of Louisiana, 1904-08; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Louisiana,1908,1924;Governorof Louisiana, 1908-12;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1917-21; candidateforU.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1920, 1926.Member,Freemasons.Died in Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,March23, 1944 (age75 years, 54days).Interment atFranklinCemetery, Franklin, La. | | Jared Young Sanders Jr. (1892-1960) — also known asJared Y. Sanders, Jr. — of Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.Born in Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.,April20, 1892.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1928-32; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1933-34;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1934-37, 1941-43;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,1940,1944(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business); States Rights candidate forPresidential Elector for Louisiana,1960.ChristianScientist. Member,Freemasons.Died in Baton Rouge,East BatonRouge Parish, La.,November29, 1960 (age68 years, 223days).Interment atRoselawnMemorial Park, Baton Rouge, La. | | M. J. Foster (b. 1930) — also known asMike Foster — of Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.Born in Shreveport,CaddoParish, La.,July 11,1930.Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;member ofLouisianastate senate; elected 1986;Governor ofLouisiana, 1996-; Republican Presidential Elector for Louisiana,2000(voted forGeorgeW. Bush andRichardB. Cheney).Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;FarmBureau;AmericanLegion.Still living as of 2014.
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